The following are the Iran men's national volleyball team results at FIVB sanctioned tournaments such as Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup and Nations League (formerly World League).
Olympic Games
2016
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (23–25, 24–26, 18–25) Rio de Janeiro 7 August Preliminary roundPool B 2 2–3 (17–25, 23–25, 25–23, 25–20, 16–18) 9 August 3 3–0 (25–21, 31–29, 25–16) 11 August 4 3–0 (28–26, 25–22, 25–16) 13 August 5 0–3 (23–25, 16–25, 20–25) 15 August 6 0–3 (29–31, 19–25, 17–25) 17 August QuarterfinalHead coach: Raúl Lozano
2020
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–2 (18–25, 25–22, 25–22, 22–25, 23–21) Tokyo 24 July (2021) Preliminary roundPool A 2 3–0 (25–17, 25–20, 25–18) 26 July (2021) 3 0–3 (16–25, 20–25, 22–25) 28 July (2021) 4 1–3 (28–30, 21–25, 25–21, 21–25) 30 July (2021) 5 2–3 (21–25, 25–20, 31–29, 22–25, 13–15) 1 August (2021)Head coach: Vladimir Alekno
World Championship
1970
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 2–3 (15–13, 3–15, 11–15, 15–12, 2–15) Sofia 20 September Preliminary roundPool A 2 0–3 (6–15, 4–15, 9–15) 21 September 3 0–3 (4–15, 5–15, 3–15) 22 September 4 0–3 (11–15, 5–15, 13–15) 23 September 5 0–3 (2–15, 6–15, 3–15) 24 September 6 3–0 (15–7, 15–13, 15–13) Haskovo 26 September Classification 17th–24th 7 0–3 (4–15, 9–15, 11–15) 27 September 8 3–0 (15–6, 15–9, 15–12) 28 September 9 3–1 (6–15, 15–12, 15–10, 15–12) 30 September 10 3–2 (15–7, 12–15, 15–3, 3–15, 15–11) 1 October 11 2–3 (8–15, 15–7, 15–12, 9–15, 7–15) 2 OctoberHead coach: Miloslav Ejem
1998
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (9–15, 3–15, 7–15) Sapporo 13 November Preliminary roundPool D 2 0–3 (2–15, 5–15, 7–15) 14 November 3 0–3 (5–15, 2–15, 8–15) 15 NovemberHead coach: Fumihiko Matsumoto
2006
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (23–25, 19–25, 22–25) Nagano 17 November Preliminary roundPool C 2 1–3 (20–25, 25–23, 17–25, 20–25) 18 November 3 1–3 (15–25, 25–21, 21–25, 19–25) 19 November 4 0–3 (19–25, 18–25, 23–25) 21 November 5 0–3 (19–25, 22–25, 23–25) 22 NovemberHead coach: Milorad Kijac
2010
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (21–25, 17–25, 21–25) Milan 25 September Preliminary roundPool A 2 3–1 (15–25, 25–17, 26–24, 25–23) 26 September 3 2–3 (21–25, 10–25, 25–21, 28–26, 13–15) 27 SeptemberHead coach: Hossein Maadani
2014
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–1 (25–16, 23–25, 25–21, 25–22) Kraków 31 August Preliminary roundPool D 2 3–2 (25–23, 25–19, 19–25, 18–25, 17–15) 2 September 3 1–3 (18–25, 25–14, 19–25, 27–29) 4 September 4 3–1 (25–23, 25–15, 21–25, 25–20) 6 September 5 3–0 (25–17, 25–22, 25–14) 7 September 6 3–1 (25–23, 25–21, 21–25, 25–17) Bydgoszcz 10 September Second roundPool E 7 3–0 (25–15, 25–23, 25–16) 11 September 8 2–3 (17–25, 16–25, 26–24, 25–19, 14–16) Łódź 13 September 9 3–1 (27–25, 22–25, 25–22, 25–18) 14 September 10 0–3 (15–25, 21–25, 19–25) Katowice 17 September Third roundPool G 11 2–3 (20–25, 23–25, 25–22, 25–19, 9–15) 18 September 12 0–3 (19–25, 21–25, 18–25) Łódź 20 September Classification 5th–6thHead coach: Slobodan Kovač
2018
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–0 (25–19, 25–14, 25–18) Varna 12 September Preliminary roundPool D 2 3–1 (25–22, 25–20, 22–25, 25–19) 13 September 3 3–1 (17–25, 25–18, 25–22, 25–19) 15 September 4 0–3 (21–25, 20–25, 22–25) 17 September 5 3–2 (25–19, 22–25, 23–25, 25–23, 15–12) 18 September 6 0–3 (19–25, 26–28, 24–26) Sofia 21 September Second roundPool G 7 2–3 (20–25, 25–20, 15–25, 25–23, 12–15) 22 September 8 0–3 (23–25, 24–26, 24–26) 23 SeptemberHead coach: Igor Kolaković
2022
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–2 (22–25, 30–28, 25–18, 32–34, 21–19) Ljubljana 27 August Preliminary roundPool F 2 3–1 (25–14, 25–19, 22–25, 26–24) 29 August 3 1–3 (22–25, 25–21, 20–25, 18–25) 31 August 4 0–3 (17–25, 22–25, 23–25) Gliwice 6 September 1/8 finalHead coach: Behrouz Ataei
2025
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 1–3 (17–25, 25–16, 23–25, 20–25) Pasay 14 September Preliminary roundPool A 2 3–1 (23–25, 25–20, 25–23, 25–16) 16 September 3 3–2 (21–25, 25–21, 17–25, 25–23, 22–20) 18 September 4 3–2 (23–25, 25–19, 24–26, 25–22, 15–9) 23 September 1/8 final 5 1–3 (25–22, 25–27, 20–25, 21–25) 25 September QuarterfinalHead coach: Roberto Piazza
World Cup
1991
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (4–15, 11–15, 6–15) Gifu 22 November Preliminary roundPool B 2 0–3 (2–15, 7–15, 2–15) 23 November 3 0–3 (10–15, 9–15, 10–15) 24 November 4 0–3 (5–15, 3–15, 2–15) Matsumoto 26 November 5 0–3 (12–15, 4–15, 5–15) 27 November 6 1–3 (9–15, 7–15, 16–14, 7–15) Tokyo 29 November Classification 7th–12th 7 3–2 (4–15, 15–7, 6–15, 17–15, 15–12) 30 November 8 1–3 (14–16, 6–15, 15–7, 5–15) 1 DecemberHead coach: Mohammad Ali Heidarkhan
2011
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–1 (17–25, 25–20, 25–23, 25–15) Nagoya 20 November Round robin 2 0–3 (17–25, 17–25, 22–25) 21 November 3 3–2 (25–17, 18–25, 21–25, 25–21, 15–11) 22 November 4 3–2 (23–25, 28–26, 8–25, 26–24, 15–11) Osaka 24 November 5 3–2 (15–25, 25–21, 24–26, 25–16, 15–12) 25 November 6 0–3 (15–25, 25–27, 14–25) Fukuoka 27 November 7 3–0 (25–18, 25–21, 25–15) 28 November 8 0–3 (19–25, 19–25, 17–25) 29 November 9 0–3 (20–25, 18–25, 16–25) Tokyo 2 December 10 0–3 (29–31, 21–25, 18–25) 3 December 11 1–3 (13–25, 17–25, 25–20, 18–25) 4 DecemberHead coach: Julio Velasco
2015
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 1–3 (27–25, 22–25, 22–25, 24–26) Hamamatsu 8 September Round robin 2 3–1 (25–17, 21–25, 25–14, 25–20) 9 September 3 3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 25–15) 10 September 4 2–3 (25–18, 25–23, 15–25, 20–25, 11–15) 12 September 5 0–3 (24–26, 18–25, 20–25) 13 September 6 0–3 (19–25, 23–25, 21–25) Osaka 16 September 7 1–3 (25–20, 19–25, 22–25, 21–25) 17 September 8 3–2 (22–25, 23–25, 25–18, 25–21, 15–12) 18 September 9 0–3 (25–27, 25–27, 22–25) Tokyo 21 September 10 0–3 (23–25, 27–29, 24–26) 22 September 11 3–0 (25–18, 25–11, 25–23) 23 SeptemberHead coach: Slobodan Kovač
2019
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 1–3 (21–25, 18–25, 26–24, 22–25) Nagano 1 October Round robin 2 1–3 (25–22, 24–26, 18–25, 24–26) 2 October 3 3–1 (18–25, 25–23, 27–25, 25–19) 4 October 4 3–1 (25–22, 18–25, 25–18, 27–25) 5 October 5 1–3 (27–25, 21–25, 25–27, 22–25) 6 October 6 1–3 (18–25, 25–22, 18–25, 12–25) Hiroshima 9 October 7 3–0 (26–24, 25–17, 25–22) 10 October 8 3–2 (27–25, 23–25, 19–25, 25–17, 15–10) 11 October 9 1–3 (16–25, 28–26, 13–25, 21–25) 13 October 10 2–3 (27–25, 29–27, 28–30, 17–25, 13–15) 14 October 11 0–3 (18–25, 18–25, 16–25) 15 OctoberHead coach: Igor Kolaković
World Grand Champions Cup
2009
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–2 (21–25, 25–20, 25–21, 17–25, 15–10) Osaka 18 November Round robin 2 1–3 (22–25, 18–25, 25–23, 19–25) 19 November 3 2–3 (25–27, 25–18, 23–25, 25–20, 14–16) Nagoya 21 November 4 1–3 (23–25, 25–18, 26–28, 23–25) 22 November 5 1–3 (14–25, 22–25, 25–15, 15–25) 23 NovemberHead coach: Hossein Maadani
2013
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 1–3 (16–25, 17–25, 27–25, 23–25) Kyoto 19 November Round robin 2 3–2 (26–24, 16–25, 25–23, 23–25, 15–12) 20 November 3 0–3 (23–25, 23–25, 19–25) Tokyo 22 November 4 3–2 (28–26, 19–25, 19–25, 27–25, 18–16) 23 November 5 3–0 (25–17, 25–18, 25–14) 24 NovemberHead coach: Julio Velasco
2017
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 3–2 (25–19, 23–25, 28–26, 29–31, 15–11) Nagoya 12 September Round robin 2 3–2 (20–25, 17–25, 27–25, 25–21, 15–12) 13 September 3 0–3 (22–25, 19–25, 15–25) Osaka 15 September 4 3–1 (21–25, 25–19, 25–20, 25–14) 16 September 5 3–2 (38–36, 25–23, 22–25, 25–27, 15–11) 17 SeptemberHead coach: Igor Kolaković
World League
2013
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (21–25, 22–25, 17–25) Kaliningrad 7 June Intercontinental roundPool B 2 1–3 (23–25, 22–25, 25–17, 18–25) 8 June 3 2–3 (24–26, 23–25, 25–17, 25–14, 16–18) Tehran 21 June 4 3–2 (25–20, 24–26, 23–25, 25–22, 15–12) 22 June 5 3–1 (25–23, 25–22, 22–25, 32–30) Modena 28 June 6 2–3 (22–25, 20–25, 25–20, 25–18, 12–15) Sassari 30 June 7 3–2 (24–26, 19–25, 25–19, 25–22, 16–14) Havana 5 July 8 3–1 (22–25, 25–20, 25–18, 25–22) 6 July 9 3–0 (25–19, 25–18, 25–20) Tehran 12 July 10 0–3 (21–25, 23–25, 22–25) 13 JulyHead coach: Julio Velasco
2014
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (19–25, 22–25, 23–25) Trieste 30 May Intercontinental roundGroup 1 – Pool A 2 0–3 (25–27, 18–25, 22–25) Verona 1 June 3 2–3 (23–25, 30–28, 28–26, 23–25, 13–15) São Paulo 6 June 4 3–0 (25–18, 25–21, 25–22) 7 June 5 3–2 (18–25, 27–25, 20–25, 25–17, 15–9) Tehran 13 June 6 2–3 (19–25, 17–25, 25–23, 25–23, 10–15) 15 June 7 3–0 (25–18, 25–20, 25–15) 20 June 8 3–1 (25–22, 25–19, 19–25, 25–20) 22 June 9 3–1 (23–25, 25–16, 25–11, 25–19) 27 June 10 3–0 (25–22, 25–20, 25–22) 29 June 11 1–3 (25–17, 24–26, 23–25, 23–25) Gdańsk 4 July 12 0–3 (23–25, 20–25, 17–25) 5 July 13 2–3 (25–18, 18–25, 21–25, 37–35, 8–15) Florence 16 July Final sixPool I 14 3–1 (25–21, 25–19, 23–25, 28–26) 18 July 15 0–3 (18–25, 22–25, 16–25) 19 July Semifinal 16 0–3 (22–25, 18–25, 22–25) 20 July Bronze medal matchHead coach: Slobodan Kovač
2015
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 1–3 (19–25, 22–25, 25–23, 23–25) Los Angeles 30 May Intercontinental roundGroup 1 – Pool B 2 1–3 (16–25, 16–25, 25–20, 20–25) 31 May 3 1–3 (20–25, 22–25, 25–21, 25–27) Częstochowa 5 June 4 2–3 (25–22, 22–25, 16–25, 25–22, 6–15) 6 June 5 3–1 (20–25, 25–16, 25–19, 25–23) Kazan 13 June 6 3–0 (25–20, 25–18, 25–21) 14 June 7 3–0 (25–19, 29–27, 25–20) Tehran 19 June 8 3–0 (25–20, 25–21, 25–19) 21 June 9 3–2 (25–21, 23–25, 21–25, 25–16, 15–11) 26 June 10 1–3 (25–23, 20–25, 20–25, 19–25) 28 June 11 3–0 (25–21, 25–21, 25–21) 3 July 12 1–3 (23–25, 25–19, 18–25, 21–25) 4 JulyHead coach: Slobodan Kovač
2016
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (19–25, 16–25, 26–28) Rio de Janeiro 16 June Intercontinental roundGroup 1 2 1–3 (25–23, 13–25, 25–27, 24–26) 17 June 3 3–2 (25–22, 25–20, 21–25, 13–25, 15–11) 18 June 4 3–1 (18–25, 25–20, 25–23, 25–20) Belgrade 23 June 5 1–3 (18–25, 26–24, 16–25, 17–25) 24 June 6 1–3 (19–25, 26–24, 18–25, 21–25) 25 June 7 3–2 (18–25, 22–25, 25–22, 25–23, 16–14) Tehran 1 July 8 0–3 (20–25, 20–25, 21–25) 2 July 9 3–2 (25–23, 22–25, 21–25, 25–22, 16–14) 3 JulyHead coach: Raúl Lozano
2017
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 0–3 (22–25, 23–25, 22–25) Pesaro 2 June Intercontinental roundGroup 1 2 1–3 (25–21, 19–25, 22–25, 22–25) 3 June 3 3–1 (18–25, 25–23, 25–23, 25–22) 4 June 4 3–2 (23–25, 25–17, 25–22, 23–25, 15–12) Tehran 9 June 5 1–3 (20–25, 23–25, 25–16, 16–25) 10 June 6 3–2 (29–27, 25–20, 20–25, 23–25, 15–11) 11 June 7 0–3 (17–25, 22–25, 28–30) Katowice 15 June 8 0–3 (17–25, 18–25, 22–25) Łódź 17 June 9 0–3 (24–26, 18–25, 18–25) 18 JuneHead coach: Igor Kolaković
Nations League
2018
# Opponent Result Host city Date Round 1 1–3 (20–25, 26–24, 20–25, 17–25) Rouen 25 May Preliminary round 2 3–0 (25–23, 25–23, 25–21) 26 May 3 1–3 (22–25, 28–30, 25–23, 23–25) 27 May 4 3–2 (21–25, 25–22, 25–22, 24–26, 15–9) San Juan 1 June 5 0–3 (23–25, 18–25, 20–25) 2 June 6 1–3 (23–25, 22–25, 25–21, 21–25) 3 June 7 3–0 (25–19, 25–20, 25–15) Ufa 8 June 8 2–3 (17–25, 25–23, 19–25, 25–21, 13–15) 9 June 9 1–3 (30–28, 23–25, 25–27, 21–25) 10 June 10 3–0 (26–24, 26–24, 25–22) Hoffman Estates 15 June 11 2–3 (25–21, 22–25, 25–27, 25–20, 11–15) 16 June 12 0–3 (27–29, 20–25, 24–26) 17 June 13 3–1 (27–25, 23–25, 25–22, 25–23) Tehran 22 June 14 3–1 (25–22, 25–15, 23–25, 25–14) 23 June 15 3–2 (25–20, 23–25, 25–22, 22–25, 15–11) 24 JuneHead coach: Igor Kolaković
2019